Peter Swanson tenmoku jug

Peter Swanson tenmoku jug

Peter Swanson tenmoku jug

Peter Swanson was born in 1950 in Dartford, Kent. When he was a toddler
his family, who were potters, moved to Hampshire, and then again when he
was twenty-four they moved to St Ives in Cornwall. They operated the Barrie
Alexander Pottery (Barrie Alexander being the first two names of Peter's
elder brother) as a family business, making slip cast wares for sale mainly
through London stores. The pottery specialized in animal models and decorative
items, and had thirty-five employees.

In 1976, Peter started working on his own, first at Breage, then Tresowes,
and finally at his present location of Rosudgeon on the A394 - the Penzance
to Helston road.

Peter works in the Anglo-Oriental style favoured by many Cornish potters,
and produces his own ash glazes which he uses over his own body clay made
from local materials. He has three kilns - one electric, of 25 cu ft capacity
for biscuit firing, and two gas fired. The smaller gas kiln, of 12 cu ft,
is used for plates, and the larger, which Peter built himself, is around
34 cu ft in capacity, with an arched roof. He uses this kiln for his reduction
glaze firings.

Peter's work is sold mainly through well established galleries, including
St Ives Ceramics, Bettles, and Cobra and Bellamy in London's fashionable
Sloane Street. Peter's younger brother, Tony, runs a Alicium Ceramics which
operates on similar lines to Barrie Alexander, in nearby St Erth Praze,
with the help of their mother, who decorates the wares.

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